Device for filling in trenches or ditches.



L. MAOLAGHLAN.

DEVICE FOR FILLING IN TRENGHES 0R BITCHES. APPLICATION FILED DEO.2,1912.

1,1 12,01 6, Patented Sept. 29, 1914.

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Application filed Decern b'er2,1912. Serial 110,734,484.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, L'Aor-rnA'N MACLAGH- LAN, a citizen of the United States of Amer ica, and resident of Ghicago, Cook county,

Illinois, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Devices for Filling in Trenches or Ditches, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to means for returning the excavated dirt to the ditch or trench, after the tile or pipe has been laid therein. Ordinarily, this is done by hand, but such method is slow and expensive. 'Machines or devices for this purpose, in my udgment,;

have not been satisfactory;

The object of my invention is, therefore, to provide a novel, effective and easily operated contrivance which can be pulled along the side of the ditch or trench, like a scraper, and which will deflect the dirt into the ditch or trench, being adapted to slide like a shovel below the heaped up dirt, in order to loosen the same, and to then crowd the loose dirt sidewise into the ditch ortrench, after the pipe or tile has been laid therein.

To this and other useful ends, my inven tion consists in matters hereinafter set forth and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a perspective of a dirt shovel embodying the principles of my invention. Fig. 2 is a plan of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation thereof. Fig. 4: is a front elevation of the said shovel trimmed on its side for conven-" ience of illustratlon. Fig. 5 1s a fragmentary vlew showlng a modificatlon ofmyin-a vention. i

As thus illustrated, my invention comprises metal plate A which is substantially triangular in shape, and which has a downturned flange or runner a that slides onthe face of the bank at the upper edge'thereof, whereby lateral displacement of the shovel is prevented. The said plate has a front cutting edge a that cuts under the heapedup dirt at the side of the ditch or trench.

The oblique deflector B is secured by a lower flange b to the plate A, along the angular rear edge thereof, and has afront cutting edge 72 and an upper flange 6 being formed from sheet metal'or other material. A brace Z2 prevents the deflector B from giving way under the pressure of the dirt. A draft connection G runs to thefront of the deflector by this arrangement the dirt shovelthus constructed is pulled along the side of the excavation. The plate A cuts .under the dirt, and the deflector B then .rshoves the .dirt sidewise and into the ditch.

The runner af' holds the shovel to its work. If deslred, another draft connection, or hitch D, may besecured to the plate A, near the runner a, in order to counteract the side draft of theconnection G, if any develops. It is obvious, however, that the apparatus for pulling the shovel ahead may be of any suitable, known orapproved character. I

do not, therefore, limit myself to the exact construction shown and described.

.What I claim as my invention is:

1. A back filling shovel comprising a horizontal'wall which rests flatwise upon the ground having a cutting edge at its forward end, a depending runner extending along the edge of said wall, adapted to slide along the vertically disposed side of the trench, forming an apron for delivering the dirt from said wall to thetrench, and an upstanding deflector mounted on said wall, disposed at an angle with its rear end at the side of the trench, extending continu fously along the upper surface of said wall to the front end thereof, the said runner and climatic, ILLINOIS,*ASIGNOR To rn-nnnnicxenus'rm, Y-OFYCHICAGO,ILLINOISJ Specific ation a eaerflraaa; 1 "f t fd S t, 29 1914, i

deflector converging to the rear end of the shovel "and said shovel being held by said runner against displacement away from the ditch. i

2. A back filling shovel comprising a horizontal wall which rests flatwise upon the ground having a cutting edge at its forward end, aidepending runner extending along the edge of said wall, adapted to slide along the vertically disposed side of the trench, forming an apronfor delivering the dirt from said wall to the trench, and an upstanding deflector mounted on said wall, disposed at an angle with its rear end at the side of the.

ground-having a cutting edge at its forward said shovel being held-by said runner against end, a depending runner extending along the displacement away from the ditch, together edge of said wallyadapted to slide along the 1 with a-dmft connection:fortheforward end 15 Vertically disposed side of the trench,f0rin bfsaid shevel, and means for adjusting said ing an p v for del ye fing th d t rqrn wnnect Qn; said Wall to the trench, and an upstanding f Signed by me at-Chicago, 111., this 27th deflector rnqunted on said all, disposed at day of November 1912. anairgle with its rear'end-at the side of the trench, extending continuously along the .LACHLAN MAGLACHLAN' 16 upper surface of said Wall to the front end Witnesses:

, the ei, theses-re n t an tdefle tot H. KNU QNM verging to the rear end Of the shovel and G. E. GRAfis'iIidM Coia'ies' bf thIS flatnt be obtained for fivercents each; by addressing tli commissiiier rtn't Washington, D. G. 

